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Saturday 22 July 2017

15 Little Known Facts About Android

1. The Android operating system was created by Android Inc., in 2004 supported by Google. Afterward Google got it in 2005 at a cost of $50 million.

2. Android operating system, was originally created as a platform for digital cameras. However, the producers later changed their concentration to smart phones as they saw its potential.

3. Google launched Android operating system in November 5, 2007, which is a Linux based programming system.



4. HTC Dream or T_Mobile G1 is the first ever smartphone to run on the Android operating system, this mobile phone was released in the year 2008.

5. Google's Android operating system, has attained over a billion activations on gadgets like smartphones and tablets.

6. Except Android 1.0 and 1.1, the various Android versions are named after sweet treats like Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich, Honeycomb etc.

7. Android operating system has been discharged in a great deal of versions, where each discharge has been following an alphabetical order. The names are Android Astro (1.0), Bender (1.1), Cupcake (1.5), Donut (1.6), Eclair (2.0), Froyo (2.2.x), Gingerbread (2.3.x), Honeycomb (3.0), Icecream Sandwich (4.0.x), Jelly Bean (4.x), KitKat (4.4), Lollipop (5.0–5.1.1), Marshmallow (6.0–6.0.1), Nougat (7.0–7.1.2), and the yet to be released Android 0

8. Do you realize that Android is open source? Since Google is a member of Open Handset Cooperation (OHA), it has given users or intrigued individuals the option to adjust the source code of the OS. This has enabled manufacturers to add more features to the OS.

9. Human with a robot appearance is the symbol of the word Android. It alludes to a male robot. Gynoid is the female looking robot.
<img src="http://www.tivix.com/uploads/images/Android-logo.height-312.png"/>
10. Android got its name from Andy Rubin who is the co-maker of Android, it was the name given to him at Apple before joining Google, for his fixation and love for robots.

11. There is an Android running gadget in space!!
NASA furnished Floating space robots with Nexus S handsets. These gadgets keep running on Android Gingerbread.

12. The greater part of the general population thinks that the name of Android's logo is Android, however its not true. The real name of Android Mascot is Bugdroid, however this is not official, Google group call it by this name.

13. One of the best parts of being an Android user is its apps, its app store "Google play" has more than 48 billion app installs, of which most of them are free.

14. Presently Android is used to power gadgets like Google Glass, Watches et cetera.

15. For the launch of its most recent version, it took a legitimate brand name.

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